Comments for Precarious Pastor http://precariouspastor.net leaving a trail while re-inventing the church Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:33:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Jesus “Yes” – Church “No” by greg http://precariouspastor.net/2007/10/04/jesus-yes-church-no/#comment-284 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:33:53 +0000 http://precariouspastor.net/2007/10/04/jesus-yes-church-no/#comment-284 I have not read the book you mention but then… I do not read much outside of my daily bible reading. I have written a blog called “original church” you may or may not find useful for helping your neighbors a little.
The blog does feature quite a few scriptures that help explain why the form of religion that today bears his name is not what he or the apostles seemed to endorse. When you think about it.. it was at the hands of the religious minded that our Lord was falsely convicted and crucified. It seems God had to show us in no uncertain terms that the nature of fallen man extends beyond his law and permeates everything in this world… including the many forms of religion man practices. If Jesus appeared today as he first did (instead of Power and Glory) I seriously believe he would be crucified by the Christian religious minded church. I thank God his true church is not built by the hands of man.
blessings to you in Christ Jesus as you walk in his light,
Greg

http://originalchurch.blogspot.com

also
http://branchgraft.blogspot.com

]]> Comment on Moral High Ground: Doing the right thing because it is the right thing after bin Laden’s death by What if… a Muslim spoke at Jacob’s Well the week bin Laden was killed? | Precarious Pastor http://precariouspastor.net/2011/05/03/moral-high-ground-doing-the-right-thing-because-it-is-the-right-thing-after-bin-ladens-death/#comment-275 Fri, 06 May 2011 12:16:32 +0000 http://precariouspastor.net/?p=458#comment-275 [...] Precarious Pastor leaving a trail while re-inventing the church Skip to content HomeAbout ← Moral High Ground: Doing the right thing because it is the right thing after bin Laden’… [...]

]]> Comment on Ought I rejoice over Osama Bin Laden’s death? by What if… a Muslim spoke at Jacob’s Well the week bin Laden was killed? | Precarious Pastor http://precariouspastor.net/2011/05/01/ought-i-rejoice-over-osama-bin-ladens-death/#comment-274 Fri, 06 May 2011 12:16:28 +0000 http://precariouspastor.net/?p=440#comment-274 [...] death, and all the controversy surrounding that (see my last two blog postings, “Ought I rejoice…” & “Moral High Ground: Doing the right thing…“), has opened a window [...]

]]> Comment on Ought I rejoice over Osama Bin Laden’s death? by Sonia http://precariouspastor.net/2011/05/01/ought-i-rejoice-over-osama-bin-ladens-death/#comment-272 Mon, 02 May 2011 16:11:38 +0000 http://precariouspastor.net/?p=440#comment-272 No one could have shared this more eloquently. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Ought I rejoice over Osama Bin Laden’s death? by Anne Christ http://precariouspastor.net/2011/05/01/ought-i-rejoice-over-osama-bin-ladens-death/#comment-271 Mon, 02 May 2011 05:19:12 +0000 http://precariouspastor.net/?p=440#comment-271 My thoughts exactly, Greg. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Christ is Risen! So what? by Brian http://precariouspastor.net/2011/04/25/christ-is-risen-so-what/#comment-270 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:23:51 +0000 http://precariouspastor.net/?p=432#comment-270 Good message, I absolutely look ahead to up-dates of your stuff.

]]> Comment on Christ is Risen! So what? by karen sstevensen http://precariouspastor.net/2011/04/25/christ-is-risen-so-what/#comment-269 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:42:14 +0000 http://precariouspastor.net/?p=432#comment-269 Thanks, I agree.

]]> Comment on When you’re not the one by Jeremy Gustafson http://precariouspastor.net/2011/03/14/when-youre-not-the-one/#comment-266 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:47:04 +0000 http://precariouspastor.net/?p=424#comment-266 Huh, not at all what I expected from the post title. This is an important lesson you identify, though – a trap into which so many (myself included) fall. I think it’s like on the airplane when they say ‘put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others’, because, well, you’ll be very little use to anyone else if you don’t take care of yourself along the way. So hard to find the line, though! When have you done “enough” when there’s always something more to be done? How does one find peace amidst that… maybe “incompleteness” is the word? (those were mostly rhetorical, but maybe they can be fodder for a sermon some day)

]]> Comment on It isn’t about what you can do. by kyle http://precariouspastor.net/2010/10/26/it-isnt-about-what-you-can-do/#comment-265 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:31:18 +0000 http://precariouspastor.net/?p=395#comment-265 yeah nice

]]> Comment on When will the world change? by precariouspastor http://precariouspastor.net/2010/10/25/when-will-the-world-change/#comment-258 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:31:19 +0000 http://precariouspastor.net/?p=386#comment-258 We Jacob’s Well preachers and worship leaders were having this same discussion today. The opposite side of the coin is that even when it is God doing it, not us, it is in some sense us. I mean in the most practical sense, when I go to the foodshelf to volunteer, “I” have to go. God doesn’t raise my body of bed, shower, dress and feed me and transport my body to the foodshelf. For those trying to figure out what it means to rely on God and not themselves, to not try to work out their faith by doing things, but to dwell in God to be changed by God, they are still looking for something to change in them and in what they do.

What’s the answer to this? Well… that’s why we like being a church that is in search of the better question, not the illusory answer. There is no ‘answer’ to this, the quandary is real. My sense is that the real response to this dilemma is developing eyes that see beyond what is being done to who people are in God’s eyes. Including oneself. It motivates us to do good works (biblical) but finds joy in them not because of their success, but because they give glimpses into the kingdom of God.

Hmmm… I think we need parables to tell this story. Not arguments that answer this question.

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